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Clinton Cuts Deal for Wife to Get State Job

See the AOL story at: http://news.aol.com/main/obama-presidency/article/clinton-cuts-deal-for-wife-to-get-state/262862

Basically the story says Barack Obama will anoint Senator Hilary Clinton as his Secretary of State after making a deal with Bill Clinton over his post-White House work.

To make it easier for Obama to anoint Senator Clinton the following pre-anointing conditions designed to bring transparency to Bill Clinton's activities were listed as:


Bill Clinton will disclose the names of every contributor to his foundation since its inception in 1997 and all contributors henceforth
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Bill Clinton will refuse donations from foreign governments to the Clinton Global Initiative, his annual charitable conference.

Bill Clinton will cease holding CGI meetings overseas.

Bill Clinton will volunteer to step away from day-to-day management of the foundation while his wife is the Secretary of State.

Bill Clinton will submit his speaking schedule to review by the State Department and White House counsel.

And Bill Clinton will submit any new sources of income to a similar ethical review.

Soap Box Ravings has always thought if Hilary Clinton was elected President of the United States with Barack Obama the Vice President, that Hilary would be able to control Barack.

Soap Box ravings does not in any way believe that Barack Obama will be able to control Hilary Clinton. Obama may feel that Hilary will join his team and work 100% towards his goals. I do not believe that.

Furthermore for anyone to think that Bill Clinton has suddenly become honorable and will honor any future commitments more honorably than his past commitments is ludicrous.

Bill Clinton has never identified donors except when forced to, he will never submit sources of income for ethical review and if he did they would never be ethically reviewed because IMHO neither he nor the reviewers comprehend ethics.

Hilary is also noted for taking the most self serving route. She may or may not make a good secretary of State but after hearing many of my military peers discussing her behavior in the White House, I am certainly glad I am not in her employ.

Both Bill and Hillary can lie with a straight face. Well actually, Bill will work up a little tear and make a sad face when caught.

Time will tell if I am wrong but we will have to wait for the history to be written.

As a cop, I always told my boss, I can let people slide because I know that if I give them enough rope and they deserve my attention they will hang themselves.

As I was finishing this post, I realized the article title was "Clinton Cuts Deal for Wife to Get State Job" the title did not say "Obama Works Deal for Clinton to Get State Job." And I think that only helps make my point.